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Originally Posted by Yapper  Donna, I can't thank you enough for writing. Just having someone to talk to is so helpful. Allen sent me a very nice email as well. The forum is wonderful. My girlfriends have been very helpful too.
What a difference even a few hours can make. In one of the post someone said their kids or someone brought them a new dog just a few days after they lost their other one. That person said it really helped them recover from the loss. I decided to stop by a pet store just to see what my reaction would be. I was okay. No tears! In fact as soon as I saw all the puppies and kittens I smiled in spite of myself. The sales person even got two of the puppies out for me to play with. One was a Silky Terrier and the other was a cross between a Yorkie and a Maltese. (Wow, I had no idea Maltese had such silky, smooth hair!) It was actually sort of theraputic to have them play with me and lick my face! The sales person was trying very hard to get me to take one home but I said today wasn't the day. He said, "Oh come on, everyone knows you don't go to just look at puppies, you end up taking one home!" That made me laugh. They were both really cute and I needed those little puppy kisses! It's really true what they say about dogs helping people when they're sick or down.
Mouse's Mommy  |
I think it'll help you so much to interact, handle and touch and receive the affection and love that dogs have to give. Someone once told me that when we lose a dear one (be person or animal) the love we felt for that one is like suspended, held up somewhere inside us and that it's actually therapeutic to channel that love onto another one. This is what you did when you handle those lil pups and that's why those puppy kisses felt so good.
Just ssaw the picture of your lil Mouse with his sis. She was sure adorable.
I hope each day the pain will be a little less.
Rubi, Jennie and Pussy cat Mimosin